TRIESTE:  Submissions for the 2022 edition of the When East Meets West (WEMW) Co-Production Forum, dedicated to documentaries and feature films in development from all over Europe and beyond, are welcome until 30 October 2021. The next edition of WEMW will take place 24-28 January 2022.

WARSAW: The call for projects for the next edition of the international script development workshop Kids Kino Lab is open till 15 October 2021.

The next edition of WEMW will mark the start of a brand-new era in the design and planning of the co-production market. After ten years based on a traditional physical format and one year run fully online, WEMW will introduce a new concept based on a series of key elements: hybrid content & format, slate market & company planning, curation & motivation.

Are you ready to develop your story for young audiences? Check Kids Kino Lab, script development workshop. Call for projects for the next edition is open until 15 October.

The media accreditation to the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival aka PÖFF and the audiovisual industry summit Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event is now open! The physical festival takes place from November 12-28 in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia and industry events will take place in a hybrid format from November 19-26: onsite in Tallinn and also available online for professionals around the world.

PODGORICA: FNE spoke with Aleksandra Božović about her long-term goals as the new Managing Director of the Film Centre of Montenegro.

ZAGREB: Dalibor Matanić's The Dawn / Zora will premiere on 7 October 2021 on HBO GO, and will be shown on HBO on the same day at 8 p.m. The second part of the director's Trilogy of the Sun is produced by Croatia’s Kinorama in coproduction with Italy’s Ascent Film.

BUCHAREST: Pustnik, the first international screenwriters’ residency taking place in Romania, started a new cycle: a series of three development residencies dedicated for both new participants and alumni, working on their first or second feature films.

In its seventh year, after an online edition, Pustnik Screenwriters’ Residency – part of the Pustnik screenwriting network – returned to the banks of the Danube for its 2021 programme at Port Cultural Cetate, in Romania, September 13–20.